Weekend Spotlight

Published November 5th, 2010

Happy Friday everyone. Between Gator football and all the activities around our area, the weekends have been very busy lately. Even with football away Saturday it's still going to be an active weekend....especially around Gainesville.

Downtown Gainesville, in fact, is going to be very busy this weekend. Music will be in the air this evening as our weekend activities start tonight with the Downtown Blues Concert. Presented by the North Central Florida Blues Society, the concert will feature the Pete Karnes Blues Band, the 6th Street Rhythm and Blues Review....and...headlining the show....the award winning Tommy Castro Band. The show starts at 7 pm at the Bo Diddley Community Plaza. Your text to link...

The Downtown Festival and Art Show will keep things hopping around town this weekend. The show draws upwards of 100,000 people each year and is recognized as one of the top festivals in the U.S. There will be displays from over 250 artists...featuring paintings, sculpture, jewelry, photography and more. Kids can enjoy the "Imagination Station" where they can get creative....and also enjoy magic acts and puppet shows. And, of course, there will be plenty of live music and a wide variety of food. The Downtown Festival and Art Show runs from 10 am to 5 pm both Saturday and Sunday. Your text to link...

If you'd like to enjoy a show indoors....the Gainesville Community Playhouse is featuring "The Wiz". The multi-cultural version of the Wizard of Oz will feature our favorites Dorothy, the scare crow, the lion and the tin man in GCP's version of the Tony Award winning play. The Wiz runs through November 28th at the Vam York Theatre on NW 16th Boulevard in Gainesville. Your text to link...

At the Ocala Civic Theatre you can catch the show "Lend Me a Tenor". It's a fast paced comedy set back in 1930's Cleveland. You can see Lend Me A Tenor tonight and Saturday at 8 pm...with a matinee at two on Sunday. Your text to link...